Chapter 14 The map room
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Cloud map his way down a sloping staircase guarded by to ninja's. Suddenly Hogia's voice broke out over the comm.
Hogia: Echo 002 to ground teams you have to hostile dropships closing fast!
Church: Damn! Okay people let's roll out the welcome mat! Attack enemy forces on sight!
Areith: You could hold 'em of easily if you were inside the structures.
Church: Negative! Their closing in to fast!
In the back round come the sounds of chain guns firing and the ODST's cursing.
Church: Cloud! You gotta find the cartographer we'll hold'em off as long as we can!
Areith: Give 'em hell marines.
THe comm channel closed down as there came the sound of screams of agony.
Areith: We'll be in a tight spot if we can't find the cartographer in time.
Cloud: Ya this is starting to look tuff.
Areith: When did it not?
They made their way down to a little room that was guarded by two ninja's he killed with his rifle's butt then he lept down and made his way to another door and snuck his way past 6 dusks. He then used the broken neck pinch on another elite then shot a second. In front of him in a large room was a holo map of the enitre.
Areith: This must be the cartograph turn it on and I'll find us the control center.
Cloud: Alright.
He pushes a button and Areith leaves the armor for a moment and highlights one of the top sections.
Areith: There that's the control room. But it's odd it seems as though it's some sort of shrine.
Cloud: May be the people who built this thing worship control.
Areith: That wasn't very funny you know.
Cloud: Okay I'm sorry.
Areith opens an empty comm channel.
Areith: Areith to captain Uno.
No answer then...
Hogia: The captains ship isn't responding. He may be having equipment trouble or his ship is out of range.
Areith: Keep trying. We've found the map room and need exrataction.
Hogia: Roger that as soon as your topside I'll come and get you.
They make their way upwards and as they do they are attacked by dozens of enemy troops.
Areith: I don't think they want us getting out.
Cloud: No really you "think"!
As he makes for the recently unlocked door he finds an elite nobody with an energy sword waiting for him.
Cloud: Oh crap.
He is forced into a desprate fire fight. He ducks and dodge's the strokes of his enemies sword.
Cloud: Thats it! I'm going close quarters!
He draws his combat knife and cuts off the elite's head. He climbs his way out and finds several stealthed elite nobodies attack! He takes cover and throws all of his remaining grenades at them blowing them to kingdom come. He comes out to the platform and finds three empty warthogs and their slain crews lying near by even junior is dead.
Areith: They show no mercy even to the young.
Cloud: Basterds.
Suddenly he is attacked by a pair of Heartless. He fires his last rocket into one of them and uses his assault rifle to try and kill the second. Unfortunatly it's sheild keeps getting in the way. Growing desprate he grabs Church's fallen sniper rifle. He barely manages to get off his shot before it nearly blows his head off. With both Heartless dead. Areith finnaly calls in Hogia who picks 'em up.
Areith: Alright Hogia here's the flight plan I've made out so we can get to the control center.
Hogia: Umm Areith these corrdinants are under ground?
Areith: This ring is honeycombed with hundreds of interconnected tunnels all of them are large enough to fit this dropship with at least five feet of manuvering room in all directions.
They close in on the large disk like structure Cloud had seen earlier. Slowly it opens up to reveal a massive tunnel under neath. Hogia slowly lowers the drop ship into it.
Hogia: I hope your right about this. I can't turn this thing on a dime you know.
Areith: Look at it this way Hogia. The last thing the enemy will expect is an areial attack, from underground.
Hogia: Hang on to your underwear. This is going to get pretty bumpy.